Hispalinux takes Microsoft to EC re UEFI Secure Boot

March 26, 2013 12:07 pm

Hispalinux (in Spanish), a representative organization for Linux users in Spain, has lodged a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission, the European Union’s executive body. According to a report in Reuters, the complaint was filed today, and targeted the unholy agreement between Microsoft and hardware vendors re UEFI Secure Boot.

I’ve always thought that the implementation of UEFI Secure Boot in Windows 8 has very little to do with security, but more along the lines of cementing Microsoft’s monopoly. Why anybody or group waited this long to file a legal complaint against Microsoft is beyond me. But I’m happy that some group finally decided to take the right action.

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2 Comments

Agreed. UEFI has no real technical merits, other than as a method of obstructing Microsoft’s competitors. The proof of this is in the methods used and disclosed by Microsoft in licensing the UEFI certification that doesn’t function as advertised, and is poorly documented… some would say to obfuscate the fact that Microsoft never intended for any of their competitors to legitimately be able to use UEFI under the specs and details of it’s release. Microsoft has repeated shown itself to be a criminal organization run by scam artists, and they should be treated as such.